Donald (Don) Helms

Donald Hugh Helms (February 28, 1927 – August 11, 2008) was a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys group. He was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1984).

Birth and Death Data: Born February 28, 1927 (New Brockton), Died August 11, 2008 (Nashville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1965

Roles Represented in DAHR: steel guitar

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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 77 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 9364	4/27/1956	There's a padlock on your heart	Montana Slim	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9365	4/27/1956	The yodelin' song	Montana Slim	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9366	4/27/1956	On a little two acre farm-1	Montana Slim	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9489	8/6/1956	It takes a lot o' heart	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9490	8/6/1956	I'm just fool enough-1	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9629	1/8/1957	I'm a big boy now	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9630	1/8/1957	The life I have to live	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9840	6/5/1957	Bachelor man	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9841	6/5/1957	The party is over (for me)	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 9842	6/5/1957	Tears of angels	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 10526	12/15/1958	Crazy arms-1	Webb Pierce	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 10527	12/15/1958	Pick me up on your way down	Webb Pierce	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 10528	12/15/1958	Life to go	Webb Pierce	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 10529	12/15/1958	My shoes keep walking back to you-1	Webb Pierce	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 10683	4/15/1959	She wanna rock	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 10684	4/15/1959	The party was over	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 10685	4/15/1959	My dancing shoes	Arnie Derksen	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 11224	8/13/1960	Lonely River Rhine	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 11225	8/13/1960	Guess we thought the world would end	Bobby Helms	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 13830	12/17/1965	It's another world	The Wilburn Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 13831	12/17/1965	The Knoxville girl	The Wilburn Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 13832	12/17/1965	Hunt the coon tonight	Harold Morrison	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 13833	12/17/1965	The home you're tearin' down	Loretta Lynn	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 13835	12/17/1965	The legend of the big river train	The Wilburn Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 13836	12/17/1965	Bring me back my heart	The Wilburn Brothers	instrumentalist, steel guitar

(Results 51-75 of 77 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Helms, Donald (Don)," accessed April 20, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

Helms, Donald (Don). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

"Helms, Donald (Don)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 20 April 2024.